Homeowner ‘Willing To Fight’ To Keep Flying Flag In Honor Of Deployed Husband

A Lehi, Utah, woman is battling her neighborhood homeowners association over a letter she recently received in the mail. The wife of a deployed sailor, Lucia Sandoval proudly displayed a Navy flag in the front yard of her home to honor her husband.

It wasn’t long, she explained, before the Spring Creek Ranch HOA sent her the following notice:

In a recent review of the community, it was brought to our attention that you may not be aware of one or more of the rules for the community. Your front yard had a flag displayed not in accordance with the accepted standards. Please remove the flag ASAP.

The letter further explained that any flags displayed should be “uniformly placed and consistent in size and shape and shall not interfere with on site [sic] utilities.”

In response to the demand, Sandoval said she is not prepared to comply without making her objections known.

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“They told me to remove it ASAP,” she said, “but I am willing to fight for this. We should be able to display whatever flag we feel passionate about.”

She went on to describe the letter as “a spit to the face for a lot of people” including “the ones who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for us to proudly wave the flag that represents what the freedom of being a United States citizen means.”

The HOA ultimately released a statement of its own, asserting that it is a “family-centered, patriotic community.”

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Despite the fact that the initial letter instructed her to “remove the flag,” the organization contended it was “not a rejection of her right to fly the flag” but a simple violation notice.

As the story continued to spread this week, it became clear Sandoval was winning the dispute in the court of public opinion.

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The HOA board expressed its “desire to expedite the resolution fo this issue so that every resident of our community can show support of the Sandoval family and the sacrifice that their husband and father is making to keep America free.”